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GETTING YOU THERE

Snow Angels

Keeping Kitsap's streets safe when the weather gets frosty

y the time Super Bowl 2019 was Treatment Plant to keep them operating of weather events or a catastrophic
reaching half time, Super Storm through power failures. As the storm roadway event (like major culvert
2019 was hitting Kitsap County. finally melted away, crews cleared fails or a bridge washes out) with
BRoad Maintenance crews swung storm drains to prevent flooding. By the staff, equipment, and a healthy road
into action to clear major roadways end of “Snowmageddon”, four major operational budget.
critical to the County’s road system. storms had pummeled the County with
over 20 inches of snow, and crews had To learn more, we’ve created a three-
As the storm raged on, Public Works worked around the clock for nearly two installment story about the County’s
employees worked overtime to maintain weeks in response. road system—how our roadway system
the high level of service Kitsap residents developed, the cost of maintaining
expect and are accustomed to. Road Responding to this one storm event cost the system and how it is funded,
crews returned to roads over and over the County over $500,000! and what’s in store for the financial
to clear snow, remove downed trees future of our roadway system. Read
and respond to road closures. Sewer While Snowmaggedon was an exception the first installment at kcowa.us/
utility workers sent staff to remote to the rule, the County must be GettingYouThere.
pump stations and the Central Kitsap prepared to respond to these types

SNOWMAGEDDON: BY THE NUMBERS 1,600 hours

of overtime

Kitsap County received over
20 inches

of snow in 4 days 400 tons of salt and
3,600 tons of sand
were used to clear the ice

Roads crews
plowed and treated nearly
46,000 miles 13,000 gallons

of diesel fuel was used

$500,000

Cost to Public Works to
respond to the storm

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